#secrecy

#secrecy

I'm tempted to tell you to break the news to your mom just to inconvenience your dad. I can't believe he didn't even pretend that his concern about getting divorced would be about anything other than assets. And I would like for your mom to get all the money he fears she will, and to live out the rest of her life financially comfortable-and hopefully with a new and more loyal partner.

In 5th grade, we had a class project to interview one of our grandparents. It seemed simple enough: Spend time with someone who loved you and ask them questions about their life. Looking back, I understand the real purpose of the assignment: to foster connection across generations, to learn what our grandparents' lives were like when they were our age.

Corfu is a small city, on a small island in Greece. From my hotel room I can see the green edge of the cricket pitch where, in John le Carré's A Perfect Spy, the Czech agent, Axel, chased Magnus Pym in slow, limping circles.

Conclave means cardinals locked away to elect a new pope, but in 2025, a modern twist complicates this ancient tradition with secrets and controversies.